On April 3, 1986, more than 30,000 women took to the streets of Port-au-Prince in a peaceful protest organized by over 15 different groups. “It was a revolt against exclusion. The country was being remade and we didn’t want it to be remade without us”. (conversation with Myriam Merlet, Enfofanm, March 17, 1999). The April 3 anniversary is recalled each year and has been proposed as a national women’s day since 1996.
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Le 3 avril 1986, plus de 30 000 femmes sont descendues dans les rues de Port-au-Prince lors d’une manifestation pacifique organisée par plus d’une quinzaine de groupes différents. «C’était une révolte contre l’exclusion. Le pays était en train d’être refait et nous ne voulions pas le faire sans nous ». (conversation avec Myriam Merlet, Enfofanm, 17 mars 1999). L’anniversaire du 3 avril est rappelé chaque année et est proposé comme journée nationale de la femme depuis 1996.
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3 avril 1986, plis pase 30,000 fanm te pran lari nan Pòtoprens nan yon pwotestasyon pasifik òganize pa plis pase 15 gwoup diferan. “Se te yon revòlt kont eksklizyon. Peyi a te refè, faim yo pa t ‘vle li te refè san yo ”. (konvèsasyon avèk Myriam Merlet, Enfofanm, 17 Mas 1999). Anivèsè 3 avril la raple chak ane e li te pwopoze kòm yon jou nasyonal pou fanm ayisyèn depi 1996.
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Adbaraya Toya aka Victoria Montou was born in the Dahomey Kingdom (Bénin), she ranked high amongst the Amazons known as N’Nonmiton filled with the fiercest warriors. She was a midwife, a warrior and a healer. She raised Haiti’s founding father Dessalines and his two brothers and taught him the physical maneuvers of effective hand to hand combat, how to shoot and how to throw a knife, and trained others in the art of war. Her abduction, would ship her to a new life of enslavement in Haiti. Her warrior spirit stayed with her and would not be broken through the slave trip. A soldier and freedom fighter in the army of Jean-Jacques Dessalines during the Haitian Revolution. She was not the only woman to serve in the Haitian army during the revolution, but most of the names of the female soldiers were forgotten by history.
Montou had worked alongside Dessalines as a slave. She was described as intelligent, energetic, and felt hatred toward slavery. She was an extraordinary warrior and commanded her own indigenous army. When Montou was dying, the emperor demanded the doctor to treat her as he would him, and stated that Toya, who was not related by blood to him, was his aunt. She was given a state funeral with a procession of eight sergeants.
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